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Organizations of all sizes arelooking for ways totake advantage of the many benefits thecloudhas tooffer. As they begin to evaluate cloud options, they want to see how and where the cloudcan fit into their business modelsecurely and cost effectively. To address the most common concerns of moving to the cloud, security and cost, Daymark has a program thatallowsa business to visualizetheirworkloads in the cloud, enablingthemto seeexactlyhowtheirconcerns will be addressed.

Theprogram, in conjunction with Microsoft,iscalled “Azure Everywhere.”Fundedby Microsoft, it enables usto work with a customer toeducate them on thefundamentalsofMicrosoft Azure andthenwhiteboard anddo a Proof of Concept(POC)ona potential workloadwell suited forAzure. The program can take 1-4 days, depending on the customer’s preference, and at the end of the engagement, Daymark will deliver adetailed reportthat includestheelementsthat were covered, a cloud consumption plan, and technicalspecsof the workloads that were designed during the whiteboard sessions.

The second piece of the workshop, the whiteboard and POC,isbased upon a workloadthe customer thinksis a candidate formigration toAzure. Some good examples of potential workloads are web applications, mobile applications,andSQL applications,just to name a few. Before the POC is delivered,wewill set up an Azure subscription with the customer, and then build out the workload that was designed during the whiteboard session on that subscription. It should be noted that after the POC, if the customeris happy with the POC they have the optionto keep the workload running in Azure,at which point theywouldbe responsible for the cost.

The final piece of the workshop is the documentation that will be delivered to the customer. Therearethree things covered, a summary of Azure fundamentals, technical diagrams of the workload from the whiteboard session, and acloudconsumption plan. Additions to the document can be requested, such as comparisons between Azure and AWS, SOCvalidationreports, and more.

Daymark is a Microsoft Tier 1 Cloud Service Provider. We offer professional, managed and support services for Microsoft Azure and we are also part of the Microsoft Managed Partner Program - an elite group that represents the top 2% of Microsoft partners on the East Coast. Learn more about all the ways we can help leverage the many benefits of Azure.

If you’re ready to visualize your workloads in the cloud, Azure Everywhere is a great place to start and it’s risk free.Contact ustoday to get started.